Calendar 2001–02

Postgraduate Studies 447 MSSc (Social Work) Part-time 3 years 5 years MSc (Business Economics, Part-time 5 trimesters 4 years E-Commerce (Business Programme), Information and Technology Management, Information Engineering) MA, MEd, MMus, Full-time 1 year 3 years MSc (other programmes), Part-time 2 years 4 years MSSc* MBA (Executive MBA Programme Part-time 2 years 4 years and MBA in Finance), MAcc, MClinPharm, MPH, Advanced PGDE MMid, MNurs Part-time 2 years 3 years PGDipMid, PGDipPsychiatric/ Part-time 18 months 36 months Mental Health Nursing PGDip Applied Geoinformatics, Part-time 1 year 2 years PGDipNurs PGDE Full-time 1 year 3 years Part-time 2 years 4 years PGDipEpid&Bios Part-time 10 months 2 years PGDipPsy Full-time 1 year 2 years Part-time 2 years 3 years PGDipSwk Part-time 1 year 3 years 5.2 For a student holding a degree of comparable level, the period of study may be shortened by permission of the Graduate Council on the recommendation of the graduate division concerned, subject to the statutory minimum of 12 months for master’s programmes and 24 months for doctoral programmes. 5.3 In special cases, the Graduate Council may on the recommendation of the graduate division concerned grant a student extension beyond the maximum period of study. Degree/Diploma Study Mode Normative Maximum Period Period * Students of MSSc (Communication) programme admitted in 1999–2000 and before, the normative and maximum periods are two and three years respectively for full- time students, and three and four years respectively for part-time students.